Cell division in the diatom hantzschia amphioxys

Uses electron microscopy, polarisation optics and other techniques to show cell division in the diatom hantzschia amphioxys. Each stage in the process is described and explained.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

co-director

David Tippit

Jeremy Pickett-Heaps

Roger Leslie

Tom Soranno

production company

Cytographics Productions

Duration

00:19:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Production dates

1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014911

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Biology

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cells

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cell division

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cells

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Life sciences

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mitosis

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science

Short films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/76812--cell-division-in-the-diatom-hantzschia-amphioxys/ |title=Cell division in the diatom hantzschia amphioxys |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=7 July 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Unknown, 1980

Please note